Wednesday, 17 March 2010

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It's school holiday week. I took a few days off and stay at home. My wonderful mother in law have been staying with us the past few weeks. She is a great cook and we have been enjoying all her delicious cooking. Not only I didn't have to cook, I come home to a spotless home as she has a full time live in maid. Oh, I am in heaven :P The only thing I wish is that she will stay with me forever..but all things comes to an end as she is leaving this weekend. With the school holidays around, I have a few days off to enjoy time with the children and do some gardening.

I love windchimes and have a few at home, this one in the form of an elephant from Bangkok.




Hubby cleaned up our mini koi pond and water was crystal clear. I tried to take some pictures but those kois kept hiding under the water cascade!





So, I turned off the water filter and pump..haha..no more hiding and I can take pictures of them.



Can you believe this white koi used to live in our lotus container!


Even Mr Frog found a home with the kois.


My favourite shot, love the shadow of the frangipani overhead giving much needed shade to my fishes.



The weather has been extremely hot and humid...but yesterday it rained for the longest time and I was so happy..so was my plants.




I can skip buying anything else, clothes or food, but can never resist flowers..here's the latest one, but I have no idea what is the name.



Always love to see water on my lotus leaves.





Last Saturday was a busy day. We attended 2 weddings on the same day and also have another 2 weddings this Saturday..but still not the end of it. There's one more wedding to go next Saturday, obviously March is a good month for wedding for 5 couples :) Will do a post on this next week. It's mid week, so have a good week ahead.
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31 comments:

  1. Wow, enough weddings to attend! And th Koy are so big -or did you take it with a macro lens?
    -Thanks for visiting my blog!
    I have a question about the flower of your comment profile -what flower is it?
    Am asking because I also paint flowers (I'm saying "also" because that's not the main thing I paint, as you may see on ART NOTES-my second blog page)
    Have a great rest of the week:)

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  2. happy hols with the kids! there's always so much to fill the time before the grind starts. great pictures, as usual.

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  3. There's so much beauty around your home M! I could sit and stare at those sweet fishies for ages! I hope you continue enjoying your brief time off and your gardening! Hey, your mother in law is more than welcome to come stay with me and cook and clean as much as she wants ;D

    PS - Your photos are magic!

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  4. We live in different worlds! I love your pictures. The windchime with the elephants is so charming. Five weddings in one month?? Amazing :D
    Have a lovely week my dear friend! Hugs

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  5. Your home looks like heaven to me M.Kate,honstly, all the flowers around and windchimes ( I love them too by the way, and your elephant makes me a bit envious!).
    Looks that you've get on really well with your mom-in- law! Not very usual thing I reckon:)
    Have a lovely week and enjoy another wedding!
    Can't wait to your next post!
    Hugs

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  6. I like to borrow 4 things from you.

    1: your MIL to jaga the
    2: maid to cook and clean
    3: your husband to do my gardening
    4: the brown frog to entertain my students

    then the two of us will go restaurant hopping.

    LOl

    Thanks for comment about the shopping trolleys.

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  7. What beautiful pictures. The Koi fish are just beautiful. I took a few pictures of Koi in Hawaii..they are so colorful.
    Like you, I have windchimes all over the place. Such a peaceful, happy sound.
    Sounds like you are enjoying company/children..The best things in life are free, don't you think?
    You have such a "green thumb" with flowers. Wish I liked to garden, because I do enjoy all the beauty.
    Have a happy week..Sending you love from Maine..xoxoRosebud.

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  8. What a lovely week you've been having, M.Kate, in many ways--good food (not cooked by you--always a treat! ;o) and surrounded by so many beautiful blooms. I always love to see the flowers where you are, as we have nothing like them here, so they are exciting to see. The koi are beautiful--look how they shimmer under the water. And LOVE that little elephant chime! :o) Hope you have a great rest of the week too--can't wait to see the wedding photos! Oh, must thank you so much for you anniversary wishes for hubby & I--so sweet of you! ((BIG HUGS))

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  9. Hi M Kate!

    I flew home from Colorado on the red eye yesterday and spent the day trying to get some more sleep --lol -- I had a wonderful time visiting my son and DIL and grandson ..the week went by too fast!

    I love your koi fish and flowers ..it all looks so peaceful and tropical.

    Your mother-in-law sounds like a delightful woman! I cook and clean whenever I visit someone, too, so invite me anytime!
    :-)

    ♥ Pat

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  10. Hello my dear MK,
    How's life downthere? Looks your enjoying every minute while mum-in- law is around, eh? Cool---

    Yeah, everytime I pop up here I really drools of your plants & stuffs around your pond. So nice and so much missed from us.

    Thank you a mill ur always present in my room although am so quite for sometimes now. I only had the time to post but can't roam around as much as I love to.

    Hopefully soon, the weather will change. AM too fed up with the snow now. I am allergy to cold so, my body itch and after the scars turns to dark spot §;-)

    Anyways, if you don't hear from me, it doesn't meant forgetfulness nor negligience. Just am busy, k?

    ALways me,
    /R

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  11. Such beautiful flowers and koi. I have a white called Keiko but she isn't so small now. They grow so fast.

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  12. Can you imagine having a full time live in maid and then a cook too?? My oh man...that would be heaven. I have a cleaning lady who comes once a month and I thrilled to have her! Hope you are having a wonderful time on your little holiday Mary Kate.

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  13. Hi M. Kate. Aren't you a social butterfly with all of these weddings. How fun. I loved these images of your Koi pond and your lovely garden.

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  14. Hello friend,
    Your photos are SO peaceful and beautiful. Your Coy fishies, have so much expression and personality in their eyes. Lots of weddings for you and for us too!
    Sending Joy M. Kate~
    xox
    Constance

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  15. Oh I love the pictures especially the flowers with the droplets.
    I would love to borrow your nice mother in law. When I was young and worked fill time and studied as well I had somebody to clean every week It was heaven
    Hope all is well dear M.Kate

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  16. Wow those are gorgeous colors. I love the wind chime. I tend to lean towards to unique styles and yours is perfect!
    Lila Ferraro
    Queen Bedroom Sets

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  17. I think the picture with the frangipani leaves would be great for SSS. Or should it be Reflection SS? Love the koi's little froggy friend. I can hear the frogs all over our neighborhood now that spring is around the corner. Love their songs...

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  18. I love your flowers. How nice that you get along so well with your mother-in-law. I think if more mother-in-laws came with maids to help clean, daughter-in-law affection would increase ;)

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  19. Such beautiful Koi fish..and the flowers look like they could be picked right from the screen.
    Is the white flower a plumaria? Does it smell good?

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  20. Hi Flower, it looks like a plumeria but it's not and it smells similar to plumeria..I still dont know the name.

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  21. Your photos look absolutely amazing! The fish are so clear! And I totally know what you mean about having a fantastic mom over. Doesn't matter how old you are, they will take care of you.

    Cheers,
    Karen O.

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  22. we have a wedding this weekend too, only one though! My husband would love a koi pond like yours, your fish are beautiful, and your mother in law sounds like an angel too!
    : )

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  23. Hello M.Kate.. a very interesting post.. Wow what a pond, I haven't seen Koi carp like that.. well not in a normal garden anyway. Such wonderful plants too, your garden looks wonderful :-)

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  24. Hey M.! Your photos are beautiful...I can almost smell the sweet scent of all you amazing flowers!!
    You are sooo lucky to have such and awesome MIL...and she brings a maid?! What a lucky lady you are!!

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  25. Hello MKate, Beautiful koi, I love watching them in the ponds of our place, yours are more beautiful, the white one is huge by now! the plant you don't know the name is a Thai Frangipani, as you like Thailand so much. I have planted one with these beautiful white trumpet flowers in the flower bed of my balcony, then the flowers died, then I never again had any more white trumpets!

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  26. Not sure if I should go to FB or here..but have a great day my dear friend..xoxoRosebud.

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  27. Olá, amiga!
    Conheci seu cantinho... amei!!!
    Lindo, criativo, alegre e acolhedor...
    Bom domingo! Boa semana!
    Beijinhos.
    Itabira - Brasil

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  28. I am so late getting here, been working too much! Glad you are having fun with your mother in law. I love the koi and the frog!
    Great photos. Love you. xoxo

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  29. Hi M. Kate! Everything so wonderful; even a mother in law... ;))
    The pictures are excellent!!

    Thanks for your comments at Blogtrotter 2, which has now landed in Mexico. Enjoy and have a great week!!

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  30. so Muslims also have a good day to get married?

    When I was in early secondary school, I went with my dad to the kampong for a traditional wedding, we went in the evening. Some one in his office got married. The bride and groom were seated at the dais.

    They had curry chicken and so on. One dessert is still fresh in my mind.

    I suppose it is what in NZ, they call it a Fool. I think it was beaten jelly, May be it has stiff foams of beaten egg white.

    The servers came in the big bowls and we scooped the amount we wanted. i had never eaten such glorious food.

    You know it?

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  31. What gorgeous perennials and your Koi fish are Gorgeous!!

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